Every fifth resident of Kyrgyzstan wants to change the place of residence, Washington Profile cited survey outcomes held by Gallup sociological service.

Gallup conducted the survey in 82 states worldwide to estimate the actual number of people ready to immigrate abroad. Among the post-Soviet countries, the most active immigrants live in Moldova (34 percent of residents).

28 percent wish to leave Azerbaijan, 26 percent – Georgia, 25 percent – Ukraine, 23 percent- Armenia, 22 percent – Lithuania, 20 percent – Belarus and Estonia, 19 percent – Latvia, 17 percent- Russia, 13 percent- Kazakhstan and 12 percent – Tajikistan. According to the survey, 20 percent of Kyrgyzstanis want to leave Kyrgyzstan.

26 percent of people on average would like to change their places of residence worldwide. Africa sees the major number of potential migrants. 65 percent of the surveyed want to leave Sierra Leone. Residents of Saudi Arabia turned out to be the most satisfied with their country: only one percent of residents have ever thought of leaving their country.

For comparison, 27 percent of potential immigrants reside in Great Britain and Germany, 20 percent - in Israel, 18 percent – in France, 12 percent - in Japan. Gallup opinion poll showed that the young people seeking for better live conditions form the largest pool of immigrants.